Diet Therapy of Peptic Ulcer Disease

[Drug therapy of peptic ulcer disease].

Healing of peptic ulcers can be achieved by using a variety of anti-ulcer medications. The most commonly used agents include the histamine-2 receptor antagonists (H2RAs) and the proton pump inhibitors. They are also efficacious in preventing ulcer recurrence providing maintenance treatment is given. The ideal treatment for peptic ulcers today is aiming at eradication of Helicobacter pylori infe...

Peptic Ulcer Disease: Introduction

Peptic ulcer disease represents a serious medical problem. Approximately 500,000 new cases are reported each year, with 5 million people affected in the United States alone. Interestingly, those at the highest risk of contracting peptic ulcer disease are those generations born around the middle of the 20th century. Ulcer disease has become a disease predominantly affecting the older population,...

Peptic Ulcer Disease

Peptic ulcer disease prevalence is decreasing in the West, except in certain populations such as immigrants. [2] A UK population-based cohort study reported an overall incidence of uncomplicated peptic ulcer as being 0.75 cases per 1,000 person-years, declining from 1.1 to 0.52 cases per 1,000 person-years between 1997 and 2005. A reduction in H. pylori-related peptic ulcers, changing patterns ...

Peptic Ulcer Disease

Acase of Retroperitoneal Castlema\'s Disease with Perforated Peptic Ulcer

SUMMARY Castleman's disease is a rare condition. In its classic form Castlema's is a solitary lesion, two third of patients have tumour like mass in the mediastinum. Extrathoracic sites also could be affected including those where lymph nodes normaly occur ancl rarely tissues where lymph nodes are not found. More recently there have been several reports of patients with multi centeric involvem...